Things to do in Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise for free
Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise without spending a penny: free-access sites, hikes, viewpoints, natural areas, monuments with free entry. Everything you can do without getting your bank card out.
8 places selected in our database.
Lac Pavin
4.8Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise · Puy-de-Dôme
An almost perfect circle of water 800 metres across and 92 metres deep: Auvergne's deepest lake fills a crater born 6,900 years ago, between Besse and Super-Besse. The walk around it takes an hour.
2407 reviews
Lac Pavin viewpoint
4.8Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise · Puy-de-Dôme
Lac Pavin seen from above, from the rim of its crater: the deepest of Auvergne's lakes, 92 m deep. You walk up via a detour off the lake loop.
265 reviews
Cascades de Vaucoux ou d'Anglard
4.7Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise · Puy-de-Dôme
Waterfall at Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise. Short path, forest atmosphere, open access after a ten-minute walk.
158 reviews
Puy de Montchal
4.6Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise · Puy-de-Dôme
53 reviews
Lac de Bourdouze
4.5Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise · Puy-de-Dôme
A glacial lake at 1,168 m, ringed by protected peat bogs. No beach, no crowds: an hour's walk there and back and the silence of the plateau.
139 reviews
Lac des Hermines
4.5Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise · Puy-de-Dôme
The lake at Super-Besse with supervised swimming in summer, an alternative to Lac Pavin, where swimming is forbidden.
138 reviews
Résidence Le Bois de la Reine
4.0Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise · Puy-de-Dôme
487 reviews
Besse
Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise · Puy-de-Dôme
A medieval town in dark lava stone, more than 1,000 metres up, granted its charter of freedoms in 1270: belfry, cobbled lanes, four listed monuments. And Lac Pavin 10 minutes away.